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noun

a linden or basswood.

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Origin of lime tree

First recorded in 1615–25

Words nearby lime tree

limescale, limestone, limestone lettuce, limestone pavement, lime sulfur, lime tree, lime twig, limewater, limewood, limey, Lim Fjord

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How to use lime tree in a sentence

He rose and went to the window that looked out on to the garden and the lawn and Jane's seat under the lime-tree.
The Creators|May Sinclair
A lime tree, whose leaves were stirred by the languorous breeze, kept tapping against the window.
Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo|E. Phillips Oppenheim
The lime-tree abounds in our village, and there is nothing the bees love more than its blossoms.
Endymion|Benjamin Disraeli
The sun was bright, and a breeze fluttered the leaves of the young lime-tree beneath which he lay; but his heart ached.
The Forsyte Saga, Volume III.|John Galsworthy

The light shade of a young lime-tree glided softly over his face.
A Sportsman's Sketches|Ivan Turgenev